The daughter of politician Albert Beugras and sister of writer Marie Chaix, Anne
Sylvestre (born Anne-Marie Thérèse Beugras on June 20, 1934) was a French
singer-songwriter who enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the 60s and 70s
writing songs for both adults and children. An early advocate for social causes,
her lyrics touched on delicate subjects such as abortion, homelessness, and
sexual violence. Beugras grew up in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, a suburb of Lyon, and
then relocated to Paris with her family, where she studied literature at the
Sorbonne University before deciding to pur...